Murray Land District

Murray Western Australia

Lands administrative divisions around Murray Cockburn Sound Cockburn Sound Avon Indian Ocean Murray Williams Indian Ocean Wellington Wellington

Murray Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the South-West Land Division on the state's west coast. It spans roughly 32°25'S - 32°56'S in latitude and 115°25'E - 116°30'E in longitude, and is located on the Indian Ocean coast, taking in the Shires of Murray and Waroona, the eastern part of the Serpentine-Jarrahdale and the western suburbs of Mandurah.^[1]

The system of land districts came together in an ad-hoc fashion, and the Murray district started to be subdivided in 1837 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.^[2]

Towns and areas

The Murray district contains the following current or former townsites, with the year of gazettal noted:^[3]

• Coolup (1899) and Coolup A.A. (1893)
• Dwellingup (1910)
• Furnissdale (1970)
• Hamel (1899) and Hamel A.A. (1906)
• Keysbrook (1916)
• Marrinup (1915; cancelled 1966)
• Nanga (1909; cancelled 1972)
• Pinjarra (1837)
• Wagerup (1899)
• Waroona (1895)
• Waterous (1907)
• Wuraming (1920)
• Yunderup (1898)

References

1. ^ "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949.
2. ^ Surveyor-General. Districts of the colony – Revision of. (169/96), p.28-30. Accessed at State Records Office, Perth.
3. ^ Western Australian Government Gazette, various editions. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.

Coordinates: 32°40′S 116°05′E / 32.667°S 116.083°E / -32.667; 116.083